Aunt Melina’s Fig Cake

Truly a CAJUN COUNTRY recipe. This recipe was received from Mae Mae Breaux and very comparable to Aunt Melina Falcon’s recipe. Remember Aunt Melina never used measuring cups; always a handful of this and a pinch of that. Mae Mae watched her for several years and came up with this recipe. We can’t tell the difference and I bet Aunt Melina wouldn’t either, if she were still with us.

Ingredients

• 4 1/4 cup flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp allspice
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp ginger
• 2 cups pecans, broken
• 1 to 2 cups raisins (optional)
• 1 to 2 cups dates (optional)
• 1/2 cup dark molasses
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 8 oz Orange marmalade or Orange rinds (thin julienne)
• 1 quart canned figs, crushed

Directions